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“You are mischievous,” Thomas insists to María. “You’re just like your father.”
“You know,” Vincent comments, “I was just thinking how much you are like your Mama.”
Over the top of her head, Thomas meets his eye, and the pretty pink flush on his face speaks volumes. Vincent reaches over and cradles his face in one hand, lets his thumb stroke over that rosy heat blushing up beneath his skin, and lets himself rest into the pillows, relaxing, content.
or: five traits thomas and vincent's child inherited from them, and one that is entirely her own.
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- Part 1 of in the garden
Bookmarked by birdsofprey (graftedspirithide)
07 Apr 2025
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that which cometh out of the mouth by IncurableNecromantic, searchingforserendipity
Fandoms: Conclave (2024)
01 Apr 2025
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Hanahaki is not the only illness of the soul. Church history is filled with thousands of examples.
Bookmarked by birdsofprey (graftedspirithide)
02 Apr 2025
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Vincent Benítez has always experienced fullness in his soul, ever since he began his ministry in Mexico. It haunts him as a cornerstone of existence, until he finds someone who alleviates and worsens the fullness of his soul in ways he never thought imaginable.
Another experimental piece featuring cannibalism as a metaphor for love and faith, and the horror of discovering parts of yourself you never knew before.
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- Part 2 of satiation and salvation
Bookmarked by birdsofprey (graftedspirithide)
30 Mar 2025
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“And after three long, lonely days, like years in which I roamed the gardens of my grief seeking for him, my one friend who had gone from me, he rose from sleep, at dawn, and showed himself to me before all others. And took me to him with love that now forever dares to speak its name”.
“The Love That Dares to Speak Its Name” By James Kirkup
Bookmarked by birdsofprey (graftedspirithide)
25 Mar 2025
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Vincent Benítez is chosen as Pope and he confesses to Thomas Lawrence his fears about taking on this new role
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25 Mar 2025
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A Blaze of Light in Every Word by jacopolomeli (sharptoothed), PopeCrave
Fandoms: Conclave (2024)
19 Mar 2025
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After breaking into the papal apartments, Lawrence is allotted a few short hours before morning. He struggles, as usual, with prayer.
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23 Mar 2025
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Prompt #46: Twilight
Libra never really put much thought into where he wanted his life to eventually end up, but now, as he stood next to the love of his life in the light of the twilit sky, he realized that he was exactly where he wanted to be.
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- Part 46 of 100 Writing Prompts
Bookmarked by birdsofprey (graftedspirithide)
22 Mar 2025
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Ever see, ever be, ever know my heart by yourcryinghost
Fandoms: Conclave (2024), Conclave - Robert Harris
08 Mar 2025
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“I have coffee at home.” Lawrence says before the implications of what he says could really sink into his mind.
“Oh.”
He probably should not have said that. Not with his current state of emotional affairs.
He clears his throat and clenches to a piece of paper he is holding onto, “yeah, ughm,” he underlines some words on the paper pressing into it slightly more than needed. He hopes to sound nonchalant and distant. This is like offering a colleague to take a coffee break. Everyone does it all the time. Maybe they can gossip near the water cooler later. Or whatever, “I mean, if Your Holiness does indeed not have any other plans for the evening, we could… fill in the time.”
Bookmarked by birdsofprey (graftedspirithide)
20 Mar 2025
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His Holiness Innocent XIV finds him in the room where they started. Cardinal Lawrence wants to say goodbye. Vincent Benítez won’t let him.
Su Santidad Inocencio XIV lo encuentra en la sala donde comenzaron. El cardenal Lawrence quiere despedirse. Vincent Benítez no lo deja.
(This work is partially in English and partially in Spanish.)
Bookmarked by birdsofprey (graftedspirithide)
18 Mar 2025
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the restoration of vincent (two different words for love) by ruthvsreality
Fandoms: Conclave (2024)
14 Mar 2025
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Peter denied his love for Christ three times before the rooster crowed.
With the way Vincent is denying his own feelings, he might give Peter a run for his money.
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15 Mar 2025
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Thomas Lawrence experiences a hunger he's never felt before, in the months following the ascension of Pope Innocent XIV. It haunts him in his dreams, tempting him to sacrilege, until he learns that perhaps this feeling was not as dark as he thought it was.
An experimental piece featuring cannibalism as a metaphor for love and devotion, and the horror of owning a uterus and becoming the Supreme Pontiff of one of the world's oldest religions.
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- Part 1 of satiation and salvation
Bookmarked by birdsofprey (graftedspirithide)
14 Mar 2025
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Professor Lawrence has enough to deal with, between handling conference business and setting up voting panels for the organisation's new president. He doesn't need any scandals, and he doesn't need a new, unknown senior member cropping up out of nowhere. Nevertheless, this is what he gets.
(A History professors AU.)
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- Part 1 of Metamorphoses
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Bookmarked by birdsofprey (graftedspirithide)
14 Mar 2025
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And This Shall Be A Sign Unto You by roguekaiju
Fandoms: Conclave (2024), Conclave - Robert Harris
09 Jan 2025
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He had hoped to see how Vincent was handling the rush of a Vatican Christmas, had hoped to offer some encouraging words ahead of the next few busy days, to tell him, truthfully, that he was excelling.
First, it seemed he would have to find him.
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It's Christmastime at the Vatican, the dawn of a new pope and the twilight of an old year, and above all a time for reflectionSeries
- Part 1 of For Signs and For Seasons
Bookmarked by birdsofprey (graftedspirithide)
11 Mar 2025
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Isn't this what you wanted? by Neverending_Rainbow
Fandoms: Conclave (2024), Conclave - Robert Harris
31 Jan 2025
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A 4+1 fanfic
Four different AUs. And the canon we all know and love.
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Vincent/Thomas
They could've met differently, or not at all. They could've parted ways, or never separated.
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09 Mar 2025
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There had been rumors circulating for nearly five months about something in the woods behind St. John’s. It started off as an inside joke between teenagers, but when a group of them went investigating, they returned with a thrilling story about a creature with bright eyes and feathery wings.
Father Lawrence thought it was all a load of crap.
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Or, Thomas Lawrence meets an angel.
Bookmarked by birdsofprey (graftedspirithide)
09 Mar 2025
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"It breaks Thomas’ heart to see how heavy the Papacy weighs on him, lesser men in his position, who have and will be in his position, wouldn’t stop to think about what more they could be doing, they wouldn’t look inwards and think “what am I not doing.” But Vincent does, he always does, and that’s what is weighing heavy on his heart. Thomas hopes he can alleviate some of that, somehow. He opens his mouth to begin when he’s interrupted.
“There is so much to do.” Vincent’s voice is very soft. Thomas is surprised, this is not prayer.
This is confession.
Or, Vincent doubts his efficacy as Pope.
Bookmarked by birdsofprey (graftedspirithide)
09 Mar 2025
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now still, in my heart, he walks by gnarliest
Fandoms: Conclave (2024), Conclave - Robert Harris
02 Mar 2025
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"Once, God walked the earth through Jesus. Even now, God was within everyone, Lawrence believed, and He resided in one’s heart. In Lawrence’s heart, He walked, even if His voice was not always heard, nor His will felt.
But, this time, Lawrence pondered a new thought: Was it only God who walked within him? Or was there something else, someone else?"
Or, Lawrence pines.
Bookmarked by birdsofprey (graftedspirithide)
09 Mar 2025
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Lawrence is shot in an assassination attempt meant for the Holy Father.
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08 Mar 2025
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As Cardinal-Deacon, Thomas Lawrence is the papal confessor.
He does not wish for it to be anyone else. This is but one of the reasons he retains his post. He misses the late Holy Father still, but Innocentius XIV is someone he cannot stop himself from serving. He feels, sometimes, as though he has been waiting for this man his whole life. He no longer speaks of resignation, but feels buoyed with spiritual energy, empowered by the Pope’s most divine leadership, by a life full of worship.
It is almost amusing, then, to hear the little sins of the Universal Church’s Supreme Pontiff.
Bookmarked by birdsofprey (graftedspirithide)
07 Mar 2025
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Friday evening in Thomas Cardinal Lawrence’s Vatican apartment; new rituals.
Bookmarked by birdsofprey (graftedspirithide)
07 Mar 2025